10 days - what to do??

Hi Claudio and Renata,

Any number of days is indeed not enough to cover the whole of Switzerland ;-) There's so much to see and do. I think it's good to go to Zermatt, as you want to ski and most ski slopes will not open until early December. You can ski in Zermatt (Klein Matterhorn) all year round though.

After that, you can take the Glacier Express to St. Moritz and do a couple of day trips from there. Next, you could take the train to Tirano (Bernina Express route), the bus to Lugano and the train to Lucerne. Lucerne would then be your third base. You can do some boat trips on the lake from there.

The timetable provides details about the traveling times.

Just a suggestion, I hope it's a start.

Hi, Arno, thanks for the tips!

It´s really a demanding task planning for only 10/11 days. :-)

We were thinking differently but now we´ll really consider your ideas.

Here is what we were thinking of doing before your tips:

Day 1 Oct, 17th - Arrival in Geneve
Day 2 Oct 18th - Boat trip to Lausanne and Montreux
Day 3 Oct 19th - Interlaken
Day 4 Oct 20th - Jungfrauhof
Day 5 Oct 21st - Day trip to Bern (not sure if it worths the trip)
Day 6 Oct 21nd - Zermatt
Day 7 Oct 23rd - Zermatt
Day 8 Oct 24th - Glacier Express to St Moritz
Day 9 Oct 25th - St Moritz (day trip)
Day 10 Oct 26th - Zurich
Day 11 Oct 27th - Zurich
Day 12 will be leaving Zurich 6.00am.

Could you please tell me what would you change in this itinerary? Me and my wife have never skied before and we´d love spending at least one day having our first lesson. I wonder
if that would also be possible at the Jungfrauhof this time of the year...

Thank you. :-)

Arno said: Hi Claudio and Renata,

Any number of days is indeed not enough to cover the whole of Switzerland ;-) There's so much to see and do. I think it's good to go to Zermatt, as you want to ski and most ski slopes will not open until early December. You can ski in Zermatt (Klein Matterhorn) all year round though.

After that, you can take the Glacier Express to St. Moritz and do a couple of day trips from there. Next, you could take the train to Tirano (Bernina Express route), the bus to Lugano and the train to Lucerne. Lucerne would then be your third base. You can do some boat trips on the lake from there.

The timetable provides details about the traveling times.

Just a suggestion, I hope it's a start.

Hi Claudio,

Your itinerary is fine and allows you to see some major parts of Switzerland. Any change I could suggest is from my personal point of view. Your preferences may be different. That being said, this is what comes to my mind:

Day 3: I would not spend a whole day in town, but rather do some hiking, a boat trip or visit another viewing point. Our website is full of suggestions. Or is this also a traveling day from Geneva to Interlaken? In that case I can only recommend to travel via Zweisimmen (the Golden Pass route).
Day 5: Bern is worth a visit if you like historical towns, museums, shopping, etc.
Day 6: Be sure to travel via the "old" route (via Kandersteg and Goppenstein) rather than the new tunnel. It takes longer but there's more to see.
Day 10/11: I would spend only one day in the city and rather fit a bit more of Alpine scenery into my itinerary, such as the Bernina Express or a hike somewhere.
Day 12: Since you'll be leaving early, you may want to look into an hotel close to the airport.

I guess you mean Jungfraujoch by the way?